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TIL of the Book of Judith (~300 BC) whose hero is a beautiful widow who saves her people by befriending and decapitating the Assyrian general.

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9YEN6 TIL that most watches advertised online and instore display the time 10 past 10. This is beacuse the 10:10 position is symmetrical, and the human brain tends to appreciate symmetry and orderliness. Also the 10:10 hands look “happy” due to the fact that the hands look like a smile.
OOWX TIL that Google has been using money-shifting strategies known to lawyers as the “Double Irish” and the “Dutch Sandwich” to help reduce its tax rate down to 2.4 percent.
8eL7b TIL "Dancing Plagues" occasionally broke out in the Middle Ages, where people could/would not stop dancing, occasionally even dying of exhaustion
NXYYP TIL that the earlier dominance of boxer Roy Jones Jr counted against him late in his boxing career against Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe cut Jones Jr and because Jones’s corner team had never witnessed this before, they were unable to handle it effectively, leaving Jones covered in blood.
kOda5 TIL The following are some signs that may help you identify a pathological liar: they often talk about experiences and accomplishments in which they appear heroic; they’re also the victim in many of their stories, often looking for sympathy; their stories tend to be elaborate and very detailed